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The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
When I read 'Watchmen,' it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I'd read a graphic novel really like that.
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.
Whenever you went into any place where there was Michael Jackson footage at Sony, it was like going through Homeland Security.
I hope that people who don't live with animals will appreciate that each animal is a unique individual with a rich inner life.
In almost the same way you know what your grandmother looks and sounds like, you know what Bruce Willis looks and sounds like.
If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value.
I'm a big believer in volume. If I made three times as many movies as Stanley Kubrick, that must mean I'm three times as good.
Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.
Is world peace possible or is the human race too innately aggressive? For instance: Have you ever seen women at a sample sale?
I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law
Science is an intellectual dead end, you know? It's a lot of little guys in tweed suits cutting up frogs on foundation grants.
Love may be the answer, but even though you're watching for the solution, intercourse raises some rather interesting thoughts.
I have a hyper-active imagination, my mind tends to jump around a little, and I have some trouble between fantasy and reality.
Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.
I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list.
Woody's [Allen] very relaxed with the cast and likes them to do their thing and is not an over-director type. Somehow it works.
Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read... and read again!
You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on.
There have been times when I've thought about it - but with my luck it would probably turn out to be only a temporary solution.
Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.
You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
When all is said and done, the unselfish acts of what we have done without asking for anything in return, will have said it all.
I thought, I loved Batman, I loved Spider-Man, I love all these characters, but Catwoman is really different from any other one.
A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.
There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
I've always said if I had to pinpoint what's more important in a scary movie, the soundscape or the visuals, I'd pick the sound.
Unless you're making Marvel movies, I think CGI usually suffers, especially in mid-budget-range horror movies where you see CGI.
If we really talked about what's wrong with you, you'd need a 7-1/2-hour movie and nobody would know what category to put it in!
Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious jokes in.
From a financial perspective, you have to think about what the film will generate in revenue so you can set a budget against it.
What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.
Some men are heterosexual and some men are bisexual and some men don't think about sex at all ... you know, they become lawyers.
She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak.
I worked for a couple of screamers in my early days in Hollywood. I don't like being screamed at, and I am not myself a screamer.
Every film takes on its own life. I find it very interesting to show an audience some part of history that maybe they don't know.
I think you kind of need to acknowledge that the reason why sequels do well is because people that loved the first one come back.
I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think I did see a ghost.
I think, generally, the creative process is hurt if you're thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.
And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.
Every joke is an experiment. When you sit, alone, and write a script, or just a joke, you really have no idea if it will succeed.
The first movie I produced was a movie that Joel Schumacher wrote and directed called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.'
I grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and I went to college at Boston University. I majored in film. Then I came out to Los Angeles.